Pay-as-you-enter car.



L. BANTA.

PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER GAR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.25,1911.

1,012,588. Patented Deci26, 1911.

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STATES ATENT OFFICE.

MILTON I. BANTA, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR 0F FORTY-NINE ONE-HUNDREDTHS TQEDWIN' DAVEY AND HARRY T. OPIE, OF DETROIT, MICH- IGAN.

IPAY-AS-YOU-ENTER CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MILTON L. BANTA, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Detroit, in the county of WVayne and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPayas-You-Enter Cars, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therefare box that either or both doors may be usedas an exit or entrance with equal facility, and one of the doors is solocated that the passengers will enter the car directly op- I posite theend of the longitudinal center aisle thereof and the blocking of thepassage way is thus prevented.

A further object of the invention is to utilize a large portion of theplatform of the car as a smoking compartment and further to so arrangeoutwardly swinging doors for closing the entrance and exit that thesedoors when open will form a wall partially dividing the platform intotwo passageways.

It is also an object of the invention to provide certain other new anduseful features in the construction and arrangement of parts, theinvention consisting in the matters hereinafter set forth and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims reference being had to theaccompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a sectional plan view of therear platform and end of a car embodying the invention; and'Fig. 2 atransverse vertical section of the same on the line :n-w of Fig. 1.

As shown in the drawings 1 represents the body of the car and 2 the rearplatform thereof. The car is provided with the usual arrangement of sidecross seats 3 and a center longitudinally extending aisle 4:. The

usual partition 5 divides the platform from the car, closing the rearend of the car and this-partition or wall is provided with an exitdoor-way 6 adjacent to one side of the car, an entrance 7 at the centerline of the car directly opposite the rear end of the center aisle 1,and a doorway 8 leading from the interior of the car on to the platformat the side of the car opposite that at which the door 6 is located. Theplatform is provided at the right hand side only, with a step 9 thelength of the platform, and suitable hand holds or rails 10 and 11 areprovided to assist passengers in entering the car and alightingtherefrom. In order that the step 9'may be within easy stepping distanceof the road bed, the floor or landing 12 of the platform is loweredbelow the plane of the car but preferably as shown, only that portion 12of the platform floor which is adj acent to the step and opposite thedoorway 6, is lowered, the remainder of the platform floor being raisedto the level of the floor of the car.

A wall 13 divides the platform of the car from front to rear, extendingfrom between the doorways 7 and 8 and curving rearwardly toward thelanding portion 12 of the platform to the rear wall or rail of the car.This partition thus divides the raised portion of the platform into asmoking compartment 14 to which access is gained throughthe doorway 8and the curved ingress passage 15 leading to the doorway 7 the raisedportion of the platform forming a step 16 from the floor 12 up into thebeginning of the passageway. Doors 17 and 18 are provided to close thedoorways 7 and 6, respectively, and each of these doors is made in twohinge connected parts and hinged to the door casing so that each doormay be folded upon itself and then swung outwardly over the carplatform, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, adjacent to a post orshort hand rail 19 located at one side of the passage 15. When eitherdoor is so swung outwardly itforms a division wall or bar- Patented Dec.26,1911. A

rier extending outwardly over the platform between the doorways andforming one side of the passage 15.

The fare box 20 is located within the body of the car adjacent to thepartition 5 and between the doors 17 and 1S, and a space is provided atthe forward side of the fare box for the conductor to stand, a suitablerailing or barrier 21 being provided, if de sired, to partially dividethe space from the passages and center aisle of the car. A swinging door22 is provided to close the doorway 8 leading into the smokingcompartment on the platform of the car and an extension 23 of the wall13 forminga barrier is provided within the body of the car to form ashort passageway leading inward from the entrance door past the farebox. The wall or partition 13 may be formed wholly or in part as shown,of wire screen and a hand rail 24: is provided upon the passage side ofthe partition.

In the normal operation of the car, the doorway 7 will be used as anentrance and the doorway 6 as an exit for the car, but during the rushhours when many people are boarding the car and few leaving it, bothdoors may be opened and the passengers admitted at each. side of thefare box thus greatly facilitating the loading of the car. If at anytime one of the doorways should be blocked any length of time by apassenger, other passengers may be admitted through the other door. Withthis arrangement the conductor is positioned within the car where he maycall off the streets, attend to the proper distribution and seating ofthe passengers, and other matters pertaining to the running of the carwhile at the same time he has easy access to the doors for controllingthe opening and the closing of the same and to the platform forassisting passengers to alight and to board the car.

In this construction a minimum amount of space is taken up bypassageways and the passengers enter the car in the direct line of thecenter aisle thus avoiding a blockade at the entrance.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim is 1. In apassenger car, the combination with a body portion and a platform, of atransverse partition separating the body from the platform and providedwith a doorway near each end and an intermediate doorway, and a barrierextending from the transverse partition between the intermediate and oneside doorway thereof across the platform,

dividing said platform into a compartment at one side of the barrier,access to which compartment may be had through said end doorway, and apassageway at its opposite side leading to the other doorways.

form having an entrance at one side and closed at its opposite side andrear end, a transverse partition having a center doorway opposite theend of said center aisle and a door-way at the side of said centerdoorway adjacent to the entrance side of the platform, and a fare boxlocated between said doorways.

3. In a passenger car, the combination with a body portion, of aplatform having an open side and closed at its opposite side and rearend, a transverse partition between the body and platform havingdoorways adj acent to the open side of the platform, and a barrierdividing the platform into a compartment at the closed side of theplatform and a passage-way at the open side thereof leading to the twodoor-ways.

4. In a passenger car, the combination with a body portion, of aplatform having an entrance at one side, a transverse partition betweenthe body portion and the platform having a doorway at the center of thepartition and a doorway adjacent to the entrance side of the platform, abarrier extending rearwardly across the platform from the transversepartition and dividing the platform into a compartment at one sidethereof and a passage into which said doorways open, and doors to closethe doorways adapted to swing outwardly into the passage and form adividing barrier therein when in open position.

5. In a passenger car, the combination with a body portion and aplatform, of a transverse partition'between the body portion andplatform having end doorways and a center doorway, a partition extendingfrom the transverse partition between the center and one end doorwaythereof across said platform to the rear end of the platform, a barrierextending into the interior of the body portion from said transversewall opposite said platform partition and forming a passageway leadingto said end doorway, a barrier within the body portion opposite thespace between the other end doorway and the center doorway, and swingingdoors to close the doorways.

6. In a passenger car, the combination with a body portion, of aplatform having an entrance at one side and closed at its opposite sideand rear end, a transverse partition between the body portion and theplatform having a center doorway opposite the end of the center aisleand a doorway at each side of the center doorway, a partition extendingrearwardly across the platform from the transverse partition between thecenter doorway and one of the side doorways and dividing the platforminto a' compartment at the closed'side of said platform way and the sidedoorway at the closed side 10 and a passageway leading from the entranceof the platform.

side of the platform to the center doorway In testimony whereof I aifixmy signature and the other side doorway, a fare box in presence of twowitnesses.

within the body portion between the center MILTON L BANTA doorway andthe side doorway at the entrance side of the platform, and a barrierWitnesses:

extending into the body portion from the LEWIs E. FLANDEBS,

transverse partition between the center door- ANNA C. RAVILER.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained'for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

